November 5, 2008
It's 11 a.m. in Barcelona, and 2 a.m. in San Francisco, my home city. And after waking up to the news of the Obama win, celebrating it with people here, feeling overjoyed at the fact that 8 years of Republican reign is finally over and the impact that will have on the world, and that a person of col...
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This morning some numbers on the fabled Latino vote were released. If my family is any indication, the numbers may well be true. The Univision/Reuters/Zogby poll released on Tuesday said that 78 percent of a sample of 1,016 Latino likely voters favored Sen. Obama, with 13 percent supporting McCain...
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I am not a fan of projections pero cuz some peeps are. Obama is the projected winner in Vermont. McCain is the projected winner in Kentucky. ...
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This is where you'll need to be tonight to get all your up-to-date election coverage! Come join us, all the cool kids will be here! ...
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It still appears too early to get this video from youtube, but ABC.com has it, and it is a miserable joy to watch. The scenario: The View's Elizabeth Hasselbeck is SO angry about that evil Reverend Wright and Barack Obama. How *dare* Obama sit and listen to his speeches and how dare he pray with hi...
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VivirLatino has teamed up with Voto Latino and is participating in Video Your Vote, , video taping people's voting experiences. First up is my mom!!! Millie Ortiz came from Puerto Rico as a girl and has been in NY ever since. I interviewed her bright and early as the NYC polls opened. Post exten...
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My 11 year old's school had their own presidential election. Barack Obama won by a landslide 674 to 147. My hija reports that kids were high-fiving each other. I believe in the sanctity and privacy of the vote which is why while these kids mouthing McCain makes me shiver in fear a bit, the messag...
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As I sit in front of a TV in a major European city with a ton of problems of its own, the only thing that seems to be on anyone's mind here in Barcelona -- or in Spain -- is what will happen today in the United States. Every network has sent not just their Washington or New York correspondents to co...
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It's not even 5 am here in NYC and I'm up and showered and trying to get my 11 year old up so we can meet my mom and be at the polls bright and early. I was sitting on my 90 something year old abuela's bed last night, talking about many things including the election. My abuela, a Puerto Rican U.S....
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Continued from a previous post. No one feels the effects of what happens in the U.S. as much as Mexico. It's as if the fault line we share were a conductor of not just seismic energy but also shared grief. And when things get bad in the U.S., they get worse in Mexico. Issues such as border control,...
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